Seasonally Flooded Wildlife Food Mix

This combination of annual and perennial grasses, forbs and grass-like plants provide food and cover in wet or flooded riparian areas, as well as in draw-down areas in retention basins or wetlands. Seed from October-May. Mix formulations are subject to change without notice depending on the availability of existing and new products. While the formula may change, the guiding philosophy and function of the mix will not.

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Mix Composition

• 21.5% Panicum clandestinum, Tioga
  (Deertongue, Tioga)
• 20.0% Elymus virginicus, Madison-NY Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, Madison-NY Ecotype)
• 16.6% Andropogon gerardii, 'Niagara'
  (Big Bluestem, ‘Niagara’)
• 15.0% Echinochloa crusgalli var. frumentacea
  (Japanese Millet)
• 10.0% Carex vulpinoidea, PA Ecotype
  (Fox Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 8.0% Panicum virgatum, 'Shawnee'
  (Switchgrass, ‘Shawnee’)
• 4.0% Chamaecrista fasciculata, PA Ecotype
  (Partridge Pea, PA Ecotype)
• 1.5% Verbena hastata, PA Ecotype
  (Blue Vervain, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Heliopsis helianthoides, PA Ecotype
  (Oxeye Sunflower, PA Ecotype)
• 1.0% Juncus effusus
  (Soft Rush)
• 0.8% Agrostis perennans, Albany Pine Bush-NY Ecotype
  (Autumn Bentgrass, Albany Pine Bush-NY Ecotype)
• 0.1% Asclepias incarnata, PA Ecotype
  (Swamp Milkweed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Aster novae-angliae, PA Ecotype
  (New England Aster, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Eupatorium fistulosum, PA Ecotype
  (Joe Pye Weed, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Mimulus ringens, PA Ecotype
  (Square Stemmed Monkeyflower, PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Monarda fistulosa, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype
  (Wild Bergamot, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype)
• 0.1% Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
  (Narrowleaf Mountainmint)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

  Grasses & Grass-like Species, Herbaceous Flowering Species, Wet Meadows & Wetlands, Wildlife Habitat & Food Plots

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Flower Color:

  Pink, Purple

• Typical Height:

  4.9 ft

• pH:

  4.0 – 8.9

Indicator Regions

• Northcentral & Northeast:

• Midwest

• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain

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Tolerances

Seed Information

• Seeding rate per acre in a mix:

  20 lb per acre, or 1/2 lb per 1,000 sq ft with a cover crop. For a cover crop use one of the following: grain rye (1 Sep to 30 Apr; 30 lbs/acre), Japanese millet (1 May to 31 Aug; 10 lbs/acre), or barnyard grass (1 May to 31 Aug; 10 lbs/acre).